Will Moses be bigger than Mikel?

Victor Moses and Mikel Obi shone at the 2013 AFCON with suggestions Moses the younger of the Chelsea stars could be the bigger act soon.

Mikel may have won several major honours with ‘The Blues’ including the UEFA Champions League last season, while Moses is still waiting for his first major piece of silverware at club level. But while it took Mikel eight years to make a major impact with the Super Eagles, Moses became an African champion a year after his long-awaited debut in Rwanda.

Moses with his bag of tricks down the wings, vision and thorough passes was without a doubt the standout star of the 2013 AFCON.

Former Nigeria skipper Sunday Oliseh saluted Moses as the best player of the tournament.

“Moses was outstanding, he was everywhere, he did extremely well, making something happen out of nothing. He is a team player who carries the team. He really lived up to expectations,” praised Oliseh.

“I expected Moses to do well at the Nations Cup. I said he will be an important member of the team and will propel the team to do well which he did. He is a great asset for the Eagles,” remarked Babangida.

What is even more compelling about Moses at the AFCON was that he achieved all that on his debut appearance at the tournament.

Mikel and Moses are two different players, while one is a defensive-minded player, the other is often part of the attack and so weighs in with his fair share of goals.

Moses is four years younger than his compatriot at Stamford Bridge and one often for the spectacular, unlike Mikel who is known to do the dirty jobs for Chelsea.

Former Nigeria international Garba Lawal told MTNFootball.com that both Mikel and Moses are poised to lead this new generation of Nigeria stars to greatness.

He said Moses is a youngster just coming up, while Mikel is a lot more experienced despite the fact he will only be 26 in April.

“Mikel was outstanding at the AFCON. He has experience on his side even though he is still young and he has been there at the top for some time now. He has won laurels to show he is a successful player and he still counting,” Lawal argued.

“Moses, on the other hand, is a new comer to the big stage. He is an upcoming player and we would have to wait and see how far he could go. Football is about continuity, not playing few games where you do well, then you play badly in some. He must be consistent before we can ever start talking about him winning more laurels. We should also note that Mikel has kept getting better.”

Another former Eagles skipper Mutiu Adepoju told MTNFootball.com that both players are different and so there is no basis for comparison.

“Moses and Mikel are big stars for the Eagles and their club, but they cannot be compared as they both are different players who play different roles on the field,” said Adepoju.

Hmnnn! Nigerians don start again ooo. We should all remember that comparism was what killed our football at USA 94. These 2 being compared may cause another backwardness in the team. In an organisation like Super Eagles, please let us foster unity of purpose. Congrats Nigerians

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there is no basis for comparism because there is only one super eagles where the players each contributes his quota. also those who never kicked the ball on the field during the competition provided support ,moral upliftment and helped to polish the team. but if we must look at the individual contributions in the competition, we must remember that if a team scores ten goals in a match and eventually conceeds eleven, it will lose the game. we must stop heaping praises on goal getters only and pause to admire those who pave the way for the scorers and those that prevents the team from conceeding goals. the true assets of a good sportsman are decipline, fine morals, talent , dedication and consistency

Grace

This is an unwise thing to do, to start comparing, especially openly. Naturally it is the elder’s desire to see the younger do better. so please let’s be at peace,enjoy our victory and pray that a better than Mickel and Musa emerge in the future of Nigeria’s football to keep us at the top always.

afowowe chris

No point to compare, lets each complement the other in the best possible way.

Chidi

All these half baked journalists who cannot differentiate betweeen 6 yard box & 18 yard box on a pitch are trying to bring in selfishness into this again.They better go and look for KEKE to drive than writing rubbish.Throw ball for him to trap,u will c him catching it with his hands but he is here telling us who is better among Mikel & Moses.

Olusola JEJE

Football remain a team work and the glory is shared among 11 players. Comparism is unhealthy and uncalled for.

Dudu

Their differences should be accepted, respected and effectively managed for the overall interest of the Super Eagles team. The key here is to strive to to achieve unity in diversity by creating a strong chemistry and philosophy in the team regardless of what role anyone plays. Comparison is not needed at all. God bless the Super Eagles, God bless Nigeria.

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Mikel&Moses are a 1derful Nigeria player but I don’t see a basis for their compairism cos one is a defender&later an attacker with different but commom goals.They both love Nigeria&are seriously workin to lift the country.Mikel is a senior&He usually proof it @ camp by assistin coach Stephen keshi to arrivd while Moses always focus in complementin the later efort,Honestly Nihgerian is proud of this two stampford players .May God bless them for Nigerian.

kolo

even without reading this article no senseble editor should print this kind of stoy

Cletus

Most of the problems in this country are caused or created by newspaper writers and commentators who always like to whip up sentiments. They always see problems where there is none, create tension, plant suspicion where there is none existant one. They create, stoke, amplify and magnify problems, make it sensation to sell their papers. They give tips to kidnappers by estimating before the public how much people worth. What is basis in comparing Mikel with Moses. Moses is just coming up Mikel is established, won laurels at junior international competitions for Nigeria, won big club championships. Please don’t start sowing your evil seeds and allow peace in our national soccer teams.